Newark man charged with disseminating indecent materials to minors

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Jul 24, 2014 at 3:42 PMJul 24, 2014 at 3:42 PM

NEWARK — A Newark man has been charged by Tonawanda police following a several-month long police investigation that revealed he was disseminating indecent material to minors online.David SanAngelo, 44, of 214 Elmwood Ave., was charged with four counts of second-degree disseminating indecent materials to minors and one count of first-degree disseminating indecent materials to minors.The Tonawanda Police Department Computer Forensic Unit, working in conjunction with the New York State Police Crimes Against Children Task Force and with the assistance of Newark police, confiscated SanAngelo’s computers and other electronic devices after serving a search warrant at his residence, police said. At that time he was placed under arrest.SanAngelo allegedly participated in both chatting, via online chat programs, as well as web cam communications with an undercover police officer whom he thought was a 14-year-old girl.He was arraigned and released on bail pending grand jury proceedings in Erie County.